Here is a query from a reader. Sanjay Saralaya writes: “Can one start a sentence with words and phrase such as ‘as’, ‘because’ and ‘due to’? Is it correct to say ‘As I was unwell, I could not attend ...

Is it correct to start a sentence with a conjunction? Here is a query from a reader of this column. Sanjay Saralaya writes, “Can one start a sentence with words and phrases such as as, because and due ...

(If you haven’t already, do the grammar lesson on coordinate conjunctions.) There are some conjunctions which are always used in pairs. For example: I have neither the time nor the money to help. The ...

As candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) prepare for the big challenge they will be facing in the next few days (from April 19), I hereby call their attention to an ...

This week, I’m presenting the final part of my discussion of the appositive or appositive phrase as a grammatical element that serves to define, modify, or amplify a noun or noun phrase beside it.